Promoting Problem Based Learning (PBL) in ESL Classroom at UniKL MITEC

Abstract

This research was carried out to examine how Problem-Based Learning (PBL) can be adopted and applied in English as a Second Language (ESL) learning contexts. For this purpose, students of University of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian Institute of Industrial Technology will be learning their lessons using PBL and they will be given a questionnaire on the relevance of using PBL in ESL classroom. For data collection, one set of questionnaire was designed. The questionnaire was distributed to 30 Diploma of Industrial Logistic students. The overall findings of this research show that students have very positive perception of the learning English using PBL. Based on the results of this research, a learning style using PBL will be developed to improve teaching and learning style of English subject.